DC Photogs: Get 50,000 sets of eyes on your work!
A special notice to all of my fellow DC photographers… Artomatic 2008 registration opens tomorrow, March 27th at 12noon! Artomatic is an annual month-long event which aims to highlight the work of local Washington, DC visual artists such as painters, sculptors, and photographers.
From the Artomatic website:
“Artomatic was conceived as a way to break down the geographical and social segmentation of the Washington arts scene, to bring art directly to the public and to build cohesion among artists. The city’s ongoing development in recent years has diffused the arts community by breaking up pockets of artist studios. In addition, local artists are sometimes overshadowed by national blockbuster shows and federal landmarks. Artomatic provides a forum for all of our area’s artists to convene, perform and exhibit, strengthening the visibility, cohesion, and marketplace of Washington’s arts community.
“Artomatic began in 1999 in the historic Manhattan Laundry building. A dozen or so artists originally toured the empty building and within a month, three hundred and fifty artists had cleaned, lit, painted and colonized the 100,000 square feet. Over 20,000 visitors attended the first Artomatic over 6 weeks. From there, it grew organically, as buildings were made available to Artomatic by community developers. Music and performance of all kinds were added. In 2000, 665 artists exhibited and 200 performed at the old Hechinger’s building; more than 1000 artists and performers took part in 2002 at the Southwest Waterfront and even more in 2004 at the old Capitol Children’s Museum in Northeast.”(link)
Every artist is free to register, but registration is not free:
“Registration for Artomatic will be $90 per visual artist — such as painters, photographers, sculptors and graphic designers. Each visual artist is required to serve three volunteer shifts (approximately 15 hours total) to help stage the event. Artomatic is an unjuried show, so all artists are welcome to participate, from professionals to beginners. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and will end once space is filled. Full details on registration, exhibit space, installation and hours of the event will be posted here on March 27th.
“Artomatic is expecting about 1,000 local and regional artist participants and 50,000 visitors at this year’s event.” (link)
A few hours of volunteer work and $95 for 50,000 sets of eyes on your work? Sounds like a pretty good deal to me!
Be sure to visit the Artomatic site on Thursday at noon for more registration information. Registration is first-come, first-serve, so don’t forget!!
Again, a special shout-out to Gyuri for passing this information along to me!
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March 30th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Art-o-matic is very cool, by all means go there.
I will probably sound all negative and all again, but i don’t think photography should be represented there, though: it just pales on the background of all the more “real” and more vivid and interactive installations, acts and events that are going on there. No matter how good the images are…
Unfortunately. I have considered doing this several times now, but decided against it. Again, take it for what it’s worth, it’s good publicity and a very cool event — probably, there is nothing in DC that compares to it.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:20 am
I can’t say I disagree with you here either… I thought about that before I registered. All I have are photos whereas others are going to have huge, impressive art displays. Because of that, I’m trying to think of how I can really make my display stand out. I want to do something more than simply hang a few images. We’ll see.
Thanks!